al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports)
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Al-Baqi cemetery is a historic Islamic graveyard in Medina, Saudi Arabia, where many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members and prominent early Muslims are buried.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11172865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports) Context triple: [Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas, buriedIn, al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports)]
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cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca
The cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca is an ancient and historically significant Islamic graveyard where several early Muslims, including prominent companions and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, are buried.
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B.
al-Imam al-Shafi‘i Cemetery
Al-Imam al-Shafi‘i Cemetery is a historic Islamic burial ground in Cairo’s City of the Dead, centered around the mausoleum of the renowned jurist Imam al-Shafi‘i and noted for its religious and architectural significance.
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C.
Al-Basatin Cemetery
Al-Basatin Cemetery is a historic Muslim burial ground in Cairo, Egypt, known for being the resting place of various notable Egyptian figures.
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D.
Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Ibn Babawayh Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Rey, Iran, known as the resting place of prominent Shia scholars and notable Iranian figures.
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E.
Al-Hajun Cemetery
Al-Hajun Cemetery is a historic graveyard in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, traditionally regarded as the resting place of several prominent early figures of the Quraysh and the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports) Target entity description: Al-Baqi cemetery is a historic Islamic graveyard in Medina, Saudi Arabia, where many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members and prominent early Muslims are buried.
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A.
cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca
The cemetery of al-Hajun in Mecca is an ancient and historically significant Islamic graveyard where several early Muslims, including prominent companions and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, are buried.
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B.
al-Imam al-Shafi‘i Cemetery
Al-Imam al-Shafi‘i Cemetery is a historic Islamic burial ground in Cairo’s City of the Dead, centered around the mausoleum of the renowned jurist Imam al-Shafi‘i and noted for its religious and architectural significance.
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C.
Al-Basatin Cemetery
Al-Basatin Cemetery is a historic Muslim burial ground in Cairo, Egypt, known for being the resting place of various notable Egyptian figures.
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D.
Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Ibn Babawayh Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Rey, Iran, known as the resting place of prominent Shia scholars and notable Iranian figures.
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E.
Al-Hajun Cemetery
Al-Hajun Cemetery is a historic graveyard in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, traditionally regarded as the resting place of several prominent early figures of the Quraysh and the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic cemetery
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cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| access | restricted to visiting hours ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | eastern side of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jannat al-Baqi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Baqi al-Gharqad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ahl al-Bayt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
Rashidun Caliphs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGraveOf |
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aisha bint Abi Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin NERFINISHED ⓘ Fatimah bint Asad NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibrahim ibn Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ Ja'far al-Sadiq NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad al-Baqir NERFINISHED ⓘ Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib NERFINISHED ⓘ Umm Salama NERFINISHED ⓘ Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hasan ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ many Sahaba ⓘ many Tabi'un ⓘ other wives of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | site of devotional visitation for many Muslims ⓘ |
| genderSegregation | men and women have different visiting rules ⓘ |
| governedBy | Saudi authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDenominationSignificance |
Shia Islam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important Islamic heritage site ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Al Madinah Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Al-Masjid an-Nabawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageType | Ziyara ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
burial place of many companions of Prophet Muhammad
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burial place of many family members of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ one of the oldest Islamic cemeteries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial of pilgrims who die in Medina
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burial of residents of Medina ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Muslim pilgrims ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: al-Baqi cemetery (according to many reports) Description of subject: Al-Baqi cemetery is a historic Islamic graveyard in Medina, Saudi Arabia, where many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members and prominent early Muslims are buried.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.